If you’ve been searching for an elegant Disney World restaurant that won’t let you down, we’ve found your match!

We’ve been on a dining roll recently, reviewing restaurants and treat stops that haven’t failed us yet. Would one of the fanciest restaurants in all of Disney World break that streak for us? It was time to find out!

Narcoossee’s is an upscale yet casual seafood restaurant located at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort. To find it, you’ll want to venture out of the main building and head towards the marina, as the building is in an interesting circular shape that juts out into the Seven Seas Lagoon.

This restaurant is a signature dining venue, and you must adhere to a dress code. The entire dining room was recently refurbished, and the menu was updated. Since it’s so close to the waterfront, it’s a prime location to take in the sights and sounds of the Electric Water Pageant and the Magic Kingdom Fireworks if you time your visit just right!

Atmosphere

The atmosphere of this restaurant is very bright and relaxing. It’s got a more coastal or nautical theme, and the various shades of blue and turquoise seem to shine in the setting sunlight. There’s lots of natural light that billows in from the windows, which gives you an excellent opportunity to look out at the lagoon while you’re enjoying your meal.

While plush booth seating is available, standalone tables, which are smaller and more intimate, are also available — the perfect setting for an exquisite meal!

Once we were seated at our table, we were offered our menus.

Menu

Narcoosee’s will offer you a few menus when you dine here. One will be for your main courses, featuring appetizers, starters, soups, salads…

…entrees, sides, and enhancements.

Another menu will be for your specialty cocktails, zero-proof cocktails…

… beer and non-alcoholic beverage options.

Lastly, you’ll have several desserts and after-dinner cocktails to choose from.

After browsing their selections of everything we could choose from, we went with an interesting array of dishes that we felt could satisfy multiple palettes.

Drinks

We opted to order the Yuzu-Black Peppercorn Gin and Tonic first! This drink is made of Monkey 47 Gin, Aperol Liqueur, House-made Yuzu-Black Peppercorn Tonic, Lemon Grass, Beet Root, and Soda Water and is priced at $16.

This turned out to be an amazing gin cocktail! All of the flavors within it were very pronounced and overall refreshing. This is a great option for a light start to dinner on after a hot day. You have to like acidity to your drink though as the yuzu is a bit like lemon but it’s not overly acidic.

We followed up one great drink with another in the Salted Mascarpone Espresso Martini. This drink is made of Grey Goose Vodka, Kahlúa Liqueur, Joffrey’s Coffee Italian Espresso, and Cane Sugar with Mascarpone-DISARONNO Originale Liqueur Foam and is priced at $18.

This one gave the Yuzu Gin & Tonic a run for its money in terms of our favorite of the evening. The mascarpone is so fluffy and light it’s like a slightly salty, sweet cloud. The drink itself is a classic Disney espresso martini –light and sweet– but the addition of the mascarpone makes it so fun and interesting.

Eats

We started things off with the bread service, which turned out to be one of our favorite breads in all of Disney World! We found it to be super crusty, but it’s a thin crust, so not too tricky to bite through. Then it’s super soft and airy in the middle. The sea salt butter is not super spreadable, but it’s got a nice creamy flavor that pairs well with a bit of tang from the bread.

From there, we tried the Brisket and Ricotta Tortelloni, which is served with parsnip, brown butter, Sultana raisins and priced at $17.

We found the ricotta to be so creamy and smooth, which helped elevate this dish for us. The tortelloni was stuffed perfectly, with the bites being about 40% filling. The brisket was savory, tender, juicy, and melted in our mouths with minimal grease. The raisins added a really subtle sweetness to cut through some of the salt, and we can’t say enough good things about this dish!

Up next was the Lobster Bisque which also includes butter-poached Lobster, vanilla, coral, and is priced at $19.

Wow, was this creamy and so so flavorful! It was packed with the buttery, meaty lobster flavor but perfectly smooth. It’s poured table side over the beautifully presented add-ins, which left a lasting impression on us. We especially thought the creamy butter was an unbelievable addition. Getting a bite with the butter, the bisque, and the chunks of lobster was so complex, while still having a familiar flavor. If you’re looking for a soup that can stand on its own and really give you something to talk about, this is worth trying for sure!

It was time to turn our attention to Red Wine-glazed Salmon. This dish is made of confit tomatoes and potatoes, lacinato kale, pickled mustard seed, harissa romesco, and Vidalia soubise and is priced at $46.

Ok, this was AMAZING! It was so impeccably cooked, and the glaze plus the sides were full of complex savory flavors without feeling unapproachable. One of our reporters likened the glaze to a fancy barbecue flavor, and we think that’s fair because a lot of the fruity, heavy flavor of the wine comes out. However, we also have to mention that the potatoes were the star of the show here. We love the sun-dried tomatoes and the greens (though they could be a bit salty if you get them alone). The pickled mustard seed honestly was our favorite bit, adding the perfect tang, and there was enough to have a little in every bite. But we’ve also got to mention that the salmon was so perfectly cooked that it was hard to keep it on the fork because it was so tender and flaky.

The Gulf Shrimp Bucatini was up next! This dish was made with house-made bucatini pasta, roasted tomatoes, savoy spinach, parsley, and basil pistou and is priced at $42.

It should surprise no one at this point that the next dish was equally as thrilling. The sauce in this dish is some of the best tomato-based pasta sauce we’ve ever had. We found it to be incredibly colorful, creamy, and savory. The sun-dried tomatoes added a wonderful acidic flavor to the mix. The noodles were wonderfully al dente. The shrimp was cooked nice and plump and wasn’t overcooked or rubbery. The pesto was super bright, but we think the real star was the tomato sauce. If we were to return in the near future, we would absolutely get this dish again!

We opted for the Almond-crusted Cheesecake for dessert! This one is served with Lambert cherry sauce and chantilly and is priced at $17.

Wow, where to start! We loved this. Seriously, this one was life-changing. This could very easily rank highly on the list of best desserts we’ve ever had at a table service restaurant in Disney World. We could make a return trip just for this dessert EASILY. It’s a super creamy cheesecake built with delicious and flavorful sugared almonds. It almost had a frangipani flavor to it (think sweet, floral, tropical), and the tart cherries on the side were the perfect balancing element. Plus, when we discovered you could add whipped cream to this — we were living the DREAM.

Overall

Overall, we thoroughly enjoyed our meal at Narcoosee’s, a restaurant that very rarely lets us down. We were pleased to find that we were still discovering new and fresh flavors from their revised menu and we’re drooling just reminiscing about our experience there.

If you find yourself in search of an excellent restaurant to celebrate an occasion, enjoy an incredible array of dishes, or just treat yourself to something fancy for an evening we can’t recommend Narcoosee’s enough!

Nosh or Not?

Stroll on down to Narcoosee’s if…

• Fine dining at Disney World with an excellent meal is exactly what you’re looking for! There’s nothing wrong with being a little fancy while on vacation or stopping by for an excellent choice of restaurant for a date night.
• You’re fond of a dining experience with a view. The view you’ll get while dining here is bar none, and if you’ve timed your meal (and seating) just right, you’ll have opportunities to see the nightly fireworks and water pageant.

Cruise on by if…

• Coastal menus aren’t your calling. If you’re not looking for a seafood-inspired menu, this might not be calling your name as loudly.
• You’re trying to be budget-conscious. This is a signature dining restaurant at Disney World, and with that classification, you’ll need to be aware that this meal won’t come cheap.

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What’s your usual order when you visit Narcoosee’s? Tell us in the comments!